Brussels

04 October 2018

EU heads of state and government, opposition leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament – Donald TUSK, Jean-Claude JUNCKER and Antonio TAJANI – have been invited to participate at the upcoming EPP Summit, to take place in Brussels on 17 October. On the agenda will be the preparation for the European Council meeting on 17 and 18 October.

EPP President Joseph DAUL will host the Summit. The EPP Secretary General Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ and the members of the EPP Presidency will participate.

The EPP Press Team has created an alert system especially for journalists through WhatsApp. If you wish to receive live updates and announcements during the Summit, please send us a short message with your name and media to the following EPP Press Team number +32471808006 so that we add you to the list of recipients.

Note to the Press:

The press area will be located at the EPP Headquarters, Rue du Commerce 10 and will open at 14:30.

The EPP will be offering live info and photo feeds from the EPP Summit through its official Twitter, Facebook and Flickr accounts. Video footage will also be available via satellite after the Summit. Follow us live and get an insight on how our leaders prepare the European Council:

For security reasons, please ensure that you bring a valid form of identification: journalists and cameramen will be given access to the venue upon presentation of their accreditation badges issued by the European Council, or their national press ID cards. Journalists without one of these documents must contact Karine Milheiro (e-mail: km@epp.eu).

For more information

Siegfried Muresan,
Spokesman +32-22854147

Note to editors

The EPP is the largest and most influential European-level political party of the centre-right, which currently includes 80 parties and partners from 42 countries, the Presidents of the European Commission, the European Council, and of the European Parliament, 9 EU and 3 non-EU heads of state and government, 14 members of the European Commission and the largest Group in the European Parliament.

You will find attached our kit media which includes backgrounds and variants of the EPP logotype available in several languages. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send us an email at connect@epp.eu.